Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Specified Commodities Markets (Regulation of Location) Act, 1996. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) It shall come into force in the Madras Metropolitan Planning Area at once and in any other local area, on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different local areas.